Places esj74 Wants to Go

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.